' t's founders turned themselves in as a student leaders dig in with a hunger strike. france gets set to vote on whether or not to recognize a palestinian state. the nonbinding resolution is expected to easily pass in the lower house of parliament. despite the fact that many on the right are against it. a violent attack by islamist extremists in kenya leaves close to 40 quarry workers dead, attacked in their sleep.

coming up for you this hour, it has been the sector that has defied europe's economic downturn. fears for thousands of jobs in the aircraft building industry and friends. we tell you why. when you rant on facebook it is not a good idea to take on the president's daughters. more on the resignation of a u.s. republican staffer at 15 past the hour. ♪ in paris. it has been three months since the occupy central movement kicked off in hong kong. 3 of the movement's founders surrendered to the police. the men gave a press conference, they urged students to retreat.

saying the situation has become too dangerous. >> it is time to leave this dangerous place. the words of the leader as he urged protesters to go home. the three original founders of hong kong's occupy movement say they are turning themselves in to police. >> surrender and bear the legal consequences. respect the rule of law. surrender is not an act of cowardice. it is the courage to act on a promise. to surrender is not to fail. it is a sign of denunciation of a heartless government. >> the three men have taken a backseat as more radical younger students have come to the fore. they pray for the bravery of occupiers and criticize the police as out of control. after clashes are late monday left dozens injured.

no guarantee protesters on the street will heed the call. hours earlier, a younger protest leader, joshua wong, announced he and two other demonstrators were going on hunger strike. >> there is a duty. we are willing to pay the price and take the responsibility. >> protesters took to the streets more than two months ago to oppose the chinese plan to screen candidates for election in 2017. aside from one fruitless meeting in october, the hong kong authorities have made little effort to address the protesters' demands. the army in lebanon says it is holding the wife and child of islamic state group leader abu bakr al-baghdadi. they were detained as they crossed out of syria while carrying fake id cards. our regional correspondent in beirut reports. >> we do not know where she was to this point before she was detained.

while she was with her husband. bear in mind abu bakr al-baghdadi was himself pointed in airstrikes on the 10th of november. that would seem to be confirmed by iraqi security sources. a close aide was killed. if this woman was fleeing for her safety, it would not be a wise place to go. in kurdish and shia areas she would not be safe. if you look at other countries ordering syria, turkey, jordan and lebanon. there have been pockets of support in lebanon, even if they happen small. think back to fighting in the northeast of the country and more recently between the lebanese security forces and isis and the nusra front. in tripoli, forces fought what they described as islamic state aligned militants.

there are some pockets of support here for the islamic state group. the rationale may have been that she could go somewhere where there would be a small network she could rely on for support in fleeing for her safety. >> reporting from david. here in france, the parliament is voting on a highly symbolic motion to recognize a palestinian state. that is a nonbinding resolution. it is hoped it will shake up the stalled peace process in the middle east. france wants to step to the forefront of talks between israelis and palestinians, saying u.s. mediation has failed. reporting from the west bank on reaction to the vote. >> even if many in ramallah are not aware of the french parliament's vote on the recognition of palestine the move gets a warm welcome. >> it is not going to change anything but it is a symbolic move. we want this to be more than ink on paper. we want concrete steps.

>> i want more than that. i want them to go to the u.n. and be the leader in advocating for a palestinian state. >> the palestine liberation organization's hanan ashrawi says that more than 20 years of negotiations with israel have not brought peace. it is time to try something new. >> the two state solution is imperative for peace. jerusalem as capital. you have to recognize the palestinian state before israel destroys it completely. >> israeli officials are concerned about the french vote. prime minister netanyahu spoke of a mistake. israel's stance is there is only one path to peace. >> in the common aim of israel and the palestinians, it should be two states for two nations.

the state of the israeli people and the state of the palestinians. to wage that goal, there is one way, direct negotiations. >> france's foreign minister suggested setting in ambitious deadline. he wants the conflict to be fully solved within two years. >> suspected islamist extremists are thought to be behind the deaths of close to 40 quarry workers in northern kenya. the attack happened near the border with somalia, the home country of al-shabaab. the workers were ambushed as they slept. authorities say the attackers singled out non-muslims shooting them are beheading them. for more, let's bring in duncan in nairobi. what can you tell us? >> hello. authorities are saying 36 people were killed in the attack which took place at around 1:00 this morning at a qauarry site 10 to

15 miles from the town of mand era. ouch about men -- al-shabaab men taking workers and beheading them. ouch about has claimed responsibility. saying it isn't response to -- saying it is in response to muslims in mombasa and in response to airstrikes carried out by kenyan authorities in southern somalia. another attack last night by a suspected house al-shabaab government resulting in the death of one person and several others injured. >> you mentioned those attacks. there was another within the last 10 days. but kind of reaction has there been? >> 10 days ago there was an

attack outside mandera town when al-shabaab ambushed a bus and separated out muslims from non-muslims. the non-muslims were forced to lie on the ground and shot in the head. similar to the incident which took place this morning. prior to that there have been warnings by the county governor in mandera, saying authorities needed to do more to stop small-scale attacks. we've seen 2 big attacks. the 110 days ago was followed by christians saying they did not want to work in the area. the government told them to stay put. what happens now is open to question. the insecurity has reached crisis proportions. people will be minded to leave. >> duncan reporting from nairobi. in west africa, ebola has been ravaging the hardest hit countries of liberia guinea,

and sierra leone. workers are struggling to contain the outbreak and slow infection rates. the virus has dealt a blow to economies. the world bank is forecasting negative growth for the region. catherine explains. >> with the cost of food imports rise, business is slow at this market in monrovia. the price of garlic has increased from $5 to $8 u.s. dollars in 2 months. >> we buy it for $17 and sell it for $17.50. >> because of the price hikes, the ebola outbreak. the virus is crippling the economies of liberia guinea, and sierra leone. 42015 it is predicting negative growth for 2 of the west african nations. pre outbreak liberia had a

growth rate of 11%, cut to 3% for 2015. sierra leone's economy group funny percent and is now -- grew 20% and is now expected to contract. the world bank says the three countries look set to lose more than $2 billion in income. the world bank president jimmy yon kim is set to begin a visit to west africa and says the impact will grow more devastating. the organization has pledged $1 billion in financing for the worst hit nations. >> now to syria, the latest death toll has risen to about 200,000. as winter moves in, the u.n. says many refugees could go hungry. the world food program is being

forced to pull he military aid to 1.5 million refugees as it does not have money. the shortfall is due to several countries who have failed to honor their pledges to help. in addition to the war parts of syria are under threat from the islamic state group. the northern town of kobane has been under siege for two months. most of the population has fled but there are some determined to remain among the ruins of their homes. here's more from our team on the ground. >> this talent used to have more than 50,000 residents. local officials say no more than 2000 remain. kobane northern syria, next to the turkish border has been under siege from islamic state militants since september. many remaining fled from villages as militants approached. >> a mortar hit as i carried two of my daughters, they were injured. one was seven years old.

she died in turkey. they brought her body back and buried her here in kobane. >> bread is being produced. the islamic state has not managed to cut supply lines from the turkish border. this bakery has been reopened, sending through to the front lines of kurdish warriors. the bakers remain optimistic. >> this bakery shut down 20 years ago and we fixed it up. 10 days ago it was worse here. we've been helping people and sending bread daily . >> officials from the kurdish political group are also providing food for refugees on the outskirts of the town. those fleeing the violence have dug foxholes to protect their children from mortars fired by the islamic state. many say they believe a corner

has been turned in the fight against islamists. over 270 airstrikes have helped keep the islamic state organization from of running the town. >> the peace talks with the farc rebels in colombia could be on track. delegates from the group are due to sit down with the colombian government in cuba to discuss that after the rebels released five top level army hostages. the colombian president had suspended the two-year-old peace talks over the farc's capture of the army officials. including the highest-ranking captive in 50 years of conflict. the general said he would resign for venturing into the territory trust as a civilian without bodyguards. you are watching france 24. a split at the heart of protests in hong kong. 3 of the movement's founders

turn themselves in, urging protesters to go home. as student leaders dig in with a hunger strike. france gets set to vote on whether or not to recognize a palestinian state. that nonbinding resolution is expected to pass in the lower house of parliament, despite the fact that many on the right are against it. a violent attack by islamist extremists in kenya leaves close to 40 quarry workers dead, attacked in their sleep. let's look at what has been grabbing headlines. hi. lots of focus on the events in hong kong. especially protests earlier this week. >> is getting attention. the original press, china daily in mainland china is very critical of the student protesters. this is the editorial. "a mockery of democracy."

the attempt to storm government headquarters resulted in chaos. the south china morning post, based in hong kong is also critical. until now they have been supportive. they are talking about how violence was never meant to be an option for the occupy protesters. it seems like a turning point has been reached. violent clashes yesterday or the worst since demonstrations began 65 days ago. the editorial blames student leaders for causing the escalation. as if they were intent on provoking trouble, that is what the article says. it says student leaders have one choice, to tell supporters it is time to go home. >> back in france we are used to seeing protests. there is an unusual group of people that has decided to take to the streets. >> the government has seen

demonstrations over the years, let's look at the front page. business owners are in the streets. yesterday in paris particularly several hundred small business owners staged a protest. protesting what they call the unsustainable burden of taxation and red tape. policies that have suffocated businesses for the past 30 years. this is something you could hear in the streets. the labor contract is worse than marriage. the last time the bosses took to the streets like this was in 1999 when the 35 hour workweek was voted in. it is significant that the bosses are in the street. things are really bad when business owners take to the streets. it is interesting le parisien's

sympathetic. the article says when are people going to understand that pages the small businesses trying to pull france out of the economic quagmire. >> small businesses are seen as the backbone of the economy. stateside, one week after the grand jury decision not to indict the white police officer who shot dead an unarmed black teenager in august, protests are continuing. >> we saw the aftermath, some violent protests in ferguson and across the country. the new york times reports one week later. there have been peaceful protests. people staged die-ins, you can see a photo. another thing protesters did was walk in front of federal buildings and police stations with their hands up in the air. that is a gesture that has come

to symbolize the death of michael brown. sunday, the football players from the rams, the st. louis team, they made this gesture. you can see a photo. they drew criticism from the st. louis police officers association. that is a police union in st. louis. it called their actions tasteless, offensive, and inflammatory and called for a public apology and for the players to be disciplined. the daily beast comes to the defense of these football players. it says they are addressing in issue that goes beyond ferguson. it says the police officers in st. louis obviously have a first amendment right to say what they want. their reaction reflects how polarized the discussion has become. >> in the u.s., the president's daughters have been criticized. they were the target of some disparaging comments by a republican staffer. >> an interesting story in u.s.

media. lots of articles. i pulled out one from "the washington post." this is elizabeth lauten a communications director for a republican representative. she resigned on monday because over the weekend she set off a firestorm for mocking malia and sasha obama on facebook here she was talking about how they were at and during the president's turkey pardon last week. if you look at the photos, they look like they are acting like teenagers. they do not look very enthusiastic. she said they should try to show a little class. "rise to the occasion, act like being in the white house matters. dress like you deserve respect, not a spot at the bar." she drew criticism across the political divide. "the washington post" points out that there are some topics in washington that are out of bounds.

the daily beast reports that it turns out she broke the law herself when she was a teenager she was arrested for shoplifting. this article calls for compassion. we were all teenagers once. >> so true. thank you. thanks to you for watching france 24. next business. ♪ we have stephen with us. the price of oil is finally showing signs of recovery. >> a 10% drop last week, the index got the balance it needed late monday. brent crude a benchmark for international oil trade, went over $72 a barrel, $5 higher than this time last week. slightly below that today. it flipped back slightly in trading this tuesday. after -- that is having a knock on effect on the stock market. the oil and gas sector companies among big gainers on the ftse

100. in france, investors digesting this. sender and pours -- standard & poor's has cut its forecast saying a week corporate sector was to blame. >> the price of oil is having an impact on the russian economy. >> we've been talking about the ruble hitting a record low against the dollar. the russian government has warned the country will enter recession next year. moscow says gdp will shrink by .8% in 2015 down from a previous forecast which saw growth of 1.2%. the country has cut its forecast for oil prices to $80 a barrel, down from 100. the russian government along the russian government no longer expects prices to rally from the current levels. the country has scrapped plans to build a gas pipeline to bring supplies to europe without passing through ukraine.

the 40 billion dollars south stream project was abandoned because of eu objections. gazprom has begun discussions about a new pipeline via turkey. shelling the need for europe to find new energy sources. >> tell us about the talks over the sale of french fighter jets to india. >> this has been going on for years. french sources say a deal to sell 126 jets to russia is nearly completed. a deal would bring an end to the saga for the manufacturer, which has yet to sell a single model of its rafale aircraft. francois hollande is remaining cautious. >> it is the premier fighter jet, 25 years after its launch, the company has failed to close any deals for its sale. executives are hoping that more than two years of negotiations with india will bear fruit. both countries agree to finalize the sale of 126 rafale fighter

jets in a deal thought to be worth 12 being -- 12 billion euros. the first 8 planes will be built in france. the remaining will be produced by hindustan aeronautics. the talks had stalled over sticking points including peach renter of technology between dassault and the indian manufacturer appeared it would be a shot in the arm for the company, which saw profits fall 8.5% last year. it would help dispel the crowd over the rafale model. previous deals have fallen through. brazil flirted with the idea for deciding last year to buy swedi sh-built jets. there are reports qatar may be interested in purchasing two dozen of the combat jets. >> staying with aviation.

a major event for aerospace. suppliers get underway in france, a sector that employees when hundred 30,000 people, many around airbus' base in toulous jobs could be at riske. >> this french company has a niche market producing seats for aircraft producers like airbus. some of the cushions go to vip jets. a field that has been booming in emerging economies. regional political tension is starting to bite. >> what we have seen, the problems due to the activity in the russian market. it has been tense due to political reasons. also on the chinese market. it has been tense internally because the chinese government has asked rich people to quiet their buying of corporate jets.

>> the latest aircraft to emerge is likely to be the last new airplane to be built for the next 15-20 years.

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